Leopard: ghc 6.8.1 and the case of the missing _environ

[Simon Marlow]

Joel Reymont wrote:
> Symptoms:
> 
> You build 6.8.1 from source on Leopard (x86 in my case) and then
> 
> junior:ghc-6.8.1 joelr$ ghci
> GHCi, version 6.8.1: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/  :? for help
> ghc-6.8.1:
> /usr/local/lib/ghc-6.8.1/lib/base-3.0.0.0/HSbase-3.0.0.0.o: unknown 
> symbol `_environ'
> Loading package base ... linking ... ghc-6.8.1: unable to load package 
> `base'
 >
> Problem:
> 
> ghc binaries are being stripped upon installation which eliminates 
> _environ, e.g.
> 
> junior:tmp joelr$ nm x|grep environ
> 00002ff0 T ___hscore_environ
> 0004d004 D _environ
> 
> junior:tmp joelr$ strip x
> junior:tmp joelr$ nm x|grep environ
> 
> Solution:
> 
> Need to make sure install-sh does _not_ use the -s option. Haven't found 
> out where this needs to be done yet. A temporary workaround is to ask 
> Manuel for the pre-built binaries.

MacOS folks: is this still an issue?  If so, could someone create a ticket?

Cheers,
	Simon